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fan•on  (fan′ən),USA pronunciation n. [Eccles.]
  1. Religiona maniple.
  2. ReligionAlso called orale. a striped scarflike vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.
  • Old Low Franconian *fano piece of fabric; compare Old High German, Old Saxon fano in same sense (German Fahne flag), early Medieval Latin fano maniple; see vane, gonfalon
  • Anglo-French; Old French fanum
  • Middle English fano(u)n 1350–1400

Fa•non  (fan′ən; Fr. fa nôn′),USA pronunciation n. 
    Frantz (O•mar)  (frants ō′mär; Fr. fränts ô mar′),USA pronunciation 1925–61, West Indian psychiatrist and political theorist, born in Martinique;
    in Algeria after 1953.
'fanon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
fanion - orale - phano

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